also a driver of behavior and life's outcomes? Rich survey data of recent entrants into unemployment in Germany show that a … optimal level of happiness, which is not necessarily the highest. -- unemployment ; job search ; happiness ; reemployment …

regression discontinuity design based on this exogenous change in unemployment status for this particular group of workers, we …

We analyse how unemployment affects individuals' social networks, leisure activities, and the related satisfaction … unemployment. …

This paper proposes a protocol for considering the social cost of unemployment by taking into account three different … aspects: incidence, severity and hysteresis. Incidence refers to the conventional unemployment rate; severity takes in both … unemployment duration and the associated income loss; and hysteresis refers to the probability of remaining unemployed. The social …

unhappy and the need for activation policies. -- happiness ; unemployment duration …

negatively selected on unobservables. A beneficial (unemployment-duration reducing) causal effect of internet job search is …

density function with higher density and thereby generate large, asymmetric job-finding rate and unemployment reactions. Our …

(market-level effect) to changes in the duration of unemployment insurance (UI) benefits. To implement this approach, we …

unemployment to disability and no impact on the transition rate to employment or inactivity. More precisely, individuals just below …